Vibratory apparatus



Feb, 23, 1937. H. E. wuRzBAcH Er Al. 2,071,373

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Feb. 23, 1937. H. E. wuRzBAcH ET AL 2,071,373

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Feb. 23, 1937. H. E. wuRzBAcH ET Al. 2,071,373

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` H'ugh E. Wlzlgfv Fell 23, 1937. H. E. wuRzBAcH Er AL 2,071,373

VIBRATORY APPARATUS FiledJM. 12, 1935 Patented Feb. 23, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE a, Utah Application January 12, 1935, Serial N0. 1,550

6 Claims.

This invention relates to vibratory apparatus,

and particularly to means for imparting a vibral tory motion from a motor means to a feeding device, screening device, shaker device, or the like, and one of the principal objects thereof is to provide a substantial and practical means for connecting a reciprocating de'vice such as an electric vibrating motor to screens, feeders, conveyors, or the like, under such conditions as to give the least resistance to movement within the range of vibrations delivered from the motor.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device comprising a vibrating motor means associated with a vibrated member, in which the vibrated member is so mounted with respect to the vibrating motor means that the gravity load upon the vibrated member is not communicated to the vibrating motor means, except for the gravity load due to the connecting means between the vibrating motor and the vibrated member.

Another of the principal objects of the invention is to provide for transmitting vibratory movements generated in a plane in such manner that the apparatus to be vibrated is caused to have a movement having components in both vertical and horizontal planes, whereby the conveying, screening, or other action of the vibrated member is augmented.

A further object of the invention is to provide advantageous means of communicating or transmitting vibratory movements generated by a vibratory motor means to an associated vibrated member under such conditions as to obtain a uniform or symmetrical vibratory movement of said vibrated member. In our issued United States Patent 1,945,015 we have described a form of vibratory motor means useful according to the present invention, and the following description pertains to a vibratory motor means of such type, but it will be appreciated that the portions of the invention pertaining to the disposition of the vibrated member with lrespect tothe motor means and the mounting of the vibrated member to support the gravity load thereof and to provide for vibration thereof in the desired manner as hereinafter described, are not limited to use with this specific type of motor means, as We may also use other types of vibratory motor means which are adapted to produce forcible vibratory movement in both directions, so that the vibrated member mounting means are not required to exert any substantial part of the force necessary to the actual production of the vibratory motion.

According to the preferred embodiment of the invention, the vibrated member is supported on a suitable frame structure in such manner that at least the horizontal component of the imposed gravity load is resiliently supported or resisted, whereby the vibratory motor means associated with the vibrated member is free to effect a vibratory movement of said vibrated member independent of such horizontal load component.

'I'he accompanying drawings show preferred constructions of the apparatus, together with important modifications thereof, and referring thereto:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a form of apparatus according to this invention, as applied to vibratory feeder means;

Fig. 2 is a partly sectional view on line 2-2 in Fig. 1;

Fig 3 is a sectional view through a portion of the vibratory motor means, taken on line 3 3 in Fig. 2:

Fig. 4 is a sectional View taken on line 4 4 in Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a partly broken-away view corresponding to Fig. l, showing an alternative embodiment of the supporting means for a vibratory feeder or the like; r

Fig. 6 is a side elevation on line 6-6 in Fig. 5;

Fig. 7 ls a detail thereof taken on line 1-1 in Fig. 6;

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of a modified form of the apparatus, with the motor means omitted;

Fig. 9 is a detailed view of a moditled form of supporting means which may be employed according to the present invention;

Fig. 10 is a partly sectional broken-away view corresponding generally to Fig. 2, illustrating a modification of the means connecting the vibratory motor to the vibrated member;

Fig. 11 is a detail taken on line II-li in Fig. 10;

Fig. 12 is a View corresponding to Fig. 11, showing a modified connection of the driving means to the motor means; ,f

Fig. 13 is a plan view of the showing in Fig. 12;

Fig. 14 is a view corresponding to Fig. 13, showing a further modification of the connecting structure;

Fig. 15 is a side elevation of a structure according to the present invention, in which a screen is provided as the vibrated member; and

Fig, 16 is a modified plan View thereof, taken in the direction indicated by the arrow A in Fig. 15.

Referring to Figs. 1 to 4, a suitable frame structure is indicated at I, which may comprise two parallel channel members la and lb, and the electric vibratory motor means 2 may be secured to this frame structure in any suitable position, for example, at one end thereof, the frame 3 of said motor means being bolted or otherwise se 5 cured as at 4 to a suitable bracket 5 which may be riveted or otherwise secured to the frame members Ia and Ib. The motor frame 3 is provided with forward and rearward frame portions 3 and I to which electro-magnets 3 and 9 are secured, in opposing relation. Intermediate the two electro-magnets 3 and 9 we provide a vibratory bar member II, formed of wood or other suitable-material and having its end portions secured to the frame 3 as by means of suitable brackets I2. The vibratory bar II is provided adjacent its mid portion with two opposed armatures i3 and I4 constituting the vibrating element of the vibratory motor 2, the armature I3 being associated with the electro-magnet 8 and the armature Il being associated with the electromagnet l. Said electro-magnets may be connected to an energizing circuit in such manner Y as to provide for alternate energization thereof,

as described in saidPatent 1,945,015.

Referring particularly to Figs. 3 and 4, the armatures I3 and Il are secured to the member II through the agency of a plurality of bolts I5,

and two driving plates I5 (which are preferably formed of a non-magnetic metal such as brass) are provided at opposite sides of the bar II between the armatures I3 and I4 to provide a reinforcement of said bar at this point and to provide attachment of driving connection from the.

bar II to the associated structure to which vibrations are to be transmitted. For this purpose the plates I3 may be projected beyond the armatures I3 and I4 in the direction of the bar II and are cut away or recessed at their inner faces as at I1 to provide a clearance between the bar II 1 40 and said plates at this point. The driving means for transmitting the desired vibratory motion may comprise two driving rods I3 extending through the frame portion i through cored openings I9 and engaging the vibrating element (armatures I3 and Il) through the agency of the plates It. said rods being preferably provided with enlarged threaded portions 2| extending through suitable openings 22 in the plates I3 and through openings 23 in the bar II adjacent the recessed portions I1 of the plates I3. 'I'his particular type of construction has been found to be of advantage in preventing failure of the bar II at the vposition of the driving rods I3, and provides for rigid connection of such rods to the armatures Il 'and Il. A sleeve or spacing member 25 is preferably provided between the ends of the plates Il within the opening 23 so that when the nuts 23 are taken up to provide the desired attachment of the rods to said plates, the plate so ends-are caused to bear against the ends of said shave 2l `and thus obtain a rigid construction,

. .Id sleeve-2l being somewhat smaller than said MIDI! so that ample clearance is provided therebetween. The provision of an enlarged g5 threaded portion 2l in the position above described makes the removal of the rods I 3 quite limpie, in that the outer nut may be unscrewed fran the rod and then the inner nut backed oil.' the ption 2I and the rod pulled through the bar lI-through an opening 21 in line therewith corresponding to the opening I9 vabove referred to. In Pigs. 1 and 2 the vibratory motor means is shown in driving relation to a shaking feeder, which may be associated with suitable hopper 3l positioned vertically above a table means 32 provided with side and rear walls 33 and 34 and mounted on a vibrated frame 35. The frame 35 is supported upon the main frame members Ia and Ib in such manner as to provide for horizontal vibratory movement with respect to said frame members, while at the same time preferably causing a slight vertical vibratory movement. 'Ihe type of supporting means shown in Fig. 2 comprises four similar supports 35, each consisting of two opposing receptacles or sockets 31, respectively secured to the vibrated and main frames. within which is disposed a resilient support member 38, which may be formed of rubber or the like. The bases of the sockets 31 and the upper and lower ends of the support members 33 are preferably inclined with respect to the horizontal, in the vertical plane of vibratory movement of the device, so that under the gravity load of the vibrated member, under operating load conditions, said support members will be vtilted somewhat in the direction of downward inclination oi' the engaging faces of 'said support members and said sockets. Hence, upon vibratory movement of the frame 35 through the agency of the vibratory motor means 2 and the associated driving rods I8, which are connected to said frame as at 20, there will be a tendency for the purely horizontal travel ofthe rods I8 to result in an oblique travel of the frame 35, by imparting to such motion' a vertical component. The length of the driving rods is preferably so adjusted that, when the above described tilting of the support members 38 has taken place, the vibrating element of the vibratory motor means 2 is substantially in neutral position, that is, the'armatures I3 and I 4 are symmetrically spaced with respect to the cooperating electro-magnets 3 and 9, and the vibratory bar II is in unstrained condition. Thus, the vibrated member, including frame 35, is supported for vibratory motion in a path having horizontal and vertical components, and the component of force exerted by said vibrated member, in a direction parallel to the plane of vibration of the vibratory motor means, due to the tendency of said vibrated member to move downwardly alongsaid path under the action of gravity, is resisted and supported by the deformation of the rubber support members 33 instead of being supported by displacement of the bar I I from its neutral or unstrained position.

In Figs. 5, 6, and 7, the table means 32 and its associated frame member 35 are mounted on the main frame members Ia and Ib through the agency of a plurality of inclined resilient supporting members 3|, which may consist of strips of sheet rubber of suitable length and thickness. These members 4I are bolted at their upper and lower ends to the frame 35 and frame members Ia and Ib and inclined in the direction of horizontal vibratory movement of the frame 35 so that upon horizontal movement of the driving rods I3 the deformation of the supports 4I will result in a vertical component of motion being imparted to the frame 35. In adjusting the device for operation, the driving rods I3 are loosened, preferably adjacent the point of attachment thereof to the frame 35, the gravity load caused by the said frame plus the weight of material present thereon is allowed to be impressed freely upon the resilient supporting members 4I, which causes an increased inclination thereof toward the motor means until a sufficient restoring force is huilt up in said members 4I to balance the horizontal component of such gravity load. 'I'he driving rods are then taken up and the device is ready for operation. This procedure of adjustment takes the horizontal gravity load component oi'i' the resilient vibratory bar II, allowing said bar and the attached 'armatures to rest equidistant between the electro-magnets l and i, and thus. upon energization of said electro-magnets, the vibratory movement of said bar is symmetrical with respect thereto. 'I'he form of apparatus shown in Figs. 5 to 7 is more adapted for the handling of light-weight materials, or for use in lightweight or small vibratory apparatus, and for the handling of heavy materials or in large forms of apparatus the form shown in Figs. 1 to 4 or one of the subsequently described i'orms of apparatus is more suitable.

In Fig. 8 we have shown a modified structure in which a frame l! carrying a conveyor or feeder table 48 is mounted on a frame 41 through a plurality of pivoted links 48 which provide for a longitudinal movement of said frame and deilne the vibratory path thereof. The links are preferably'disposed in an inclined relation whereby the desired path having both vertical and horlzontal components is defined, after the manner of the inclination of the supports 4I, for example, such that the horizontal component of the vibratory path of said screen is toward the vibratory motor means, the driving rods for which are shown at 49. In this embodiment of the invention suitable resilient stop means are provided to absorb the proportion of the gravity load which results from the horizbntal component of motion of said frame, which means may comprise tworubber pads or stops il mounted on brackets 52 which are preferably mounted for longitudinal adjustment on the frame 41. The rubber stops may be mounted on a suitable threaded member so that a convenient adjustment of the angle of disposition of the links l! may be effected, if desired, in place of the adjustable mounting shown at 5l. 'I'his form of the invention is susceptible to adjustment of the neutral position of the vibrating bar member of the motor means in a manner equivalent to the form shown in Figs. 5 to '1, either by adjustment of the rods 49 or the supports 52.

Fig. 9 shows a modified support means of the general character oi the type shown in Fig. 7, in which a bottom plate 55 is secured to the frame member 56 corresponding to the member 41 and a top plate 51 is secured to the vibrating frame 58, said top and bottom plates being provided with cylindrical recesses 59 and 6I adapted to receive a co-operatively shaped link member 52. A suitable retaining plate or the like is preferably provided adjacent the plate 55, as at B3. to retain the member 52 against lateral displacement with respect to said bottom plate. the rigidity of the driving rods by which the vibrated frame member is attached to the vibratory motor being adequate to prevent lateral shifting of the said frame.

In Figs. 10 and 11 the vibratory bar IIa, provided with armatures IS and I4', is secured to a non-magnetic drive plate 64 in any suitable manner as by means of a plurality of bolts 65 which may also secure the armatures in place. said drive plate extending upwardly and downwardly away from the vibratory bar IIa to provide attachment for two driving-rods Ia which may be brought together by means of a yoke and connected to a vibrating frame 1 through a single drive rod 66. For purposes of illustration a resilient supporting means 36 of the type illustrated in Fig. 2 is provided for the vibrating frame structure. though it will be appreciated that supporting means ofthe type illustrated in Figs. 5, 8, or 9 may be equivalently employed, a suitable stop means comparable to the means 5I being employed where supporting means oi' the type shown in Figs. 8 and 9 are employed. The general construction of the vibratory motor means indicated at 68 may be the same as that shown in Figs. 1 to 4, with the exception oi the above noted modiilcations in the method of mounting the driving rods.

In Figs. 12 and 13 we have shown a modification of the driving plate and driving rod construction, in which a vibratory bar IIb is clamped between two upwardly and downwardly projecting driving plates 89a and 89h, to which the armatures Il' and Il' may be secured by means of suitable bolts indicated at 1b.. The driving rods Ib, four in number in this particular modincation. are bolted through suitable openings in the plates a and Nb, and suitable spacing elements 1I are preferably positioned between said plates at the position of said rods to provide a solid driving connection, after the manner of the spacing members or sleeves 25, said spacing elements being preferably formed of a non-magnetic material such as brass, hardwood. bakelite, or the like..

In Fig. 14 we have shown a construction in which a vibrating bar I Ic is provided with a single drive plate 12 having portions projecting beyond the ends of the armatures I3" and Il" and recessed as at 13 to provide a clearance between said plate and the bar llc at the position of attachment of the driving rods llc, said rods being threadedly secured to said plate and locked in place through suitable jamb nuts 1l.

Figs. 15 and 16 illustrate the adaptation of the mounting structure of the present invention to a vibratory screening apparatus and referring thereto: The main frame structure is indicated at 15, consisting of two imposing channel members 15a and 1lb mounted in an inclined relation to the upper ends of which is secured a motor 2 which may consist of a structure fully comparable to the motor structure shown in detail in Figs. 1 to 4. A screen 16 is mounted within a suitable 4screen frame 11 which is in turn mounted on a vibratory frame 1B provided with driving attachment to the vibratory rod I8. The frame 18 may be mounted on the frame 1I through the agency of vibratory supports of any of the types previously described, though we have actually shown a supporting structure corresponding to that illustrated in Figs. 5 to 7, comprising a plurality of resilient supporting members 19, corresponding to the members 4I secured at their upper and lower ends to the frame portions 18 and 1B and disposed substantially normal with respect to the plane oi' movement of the driving rods IB so that substantially all points in the plane of the screen 16 will be given a vibratory movement in a direction substantially parallel to the aforementioned plane of movement of said driving rods.

The particular angle of disposition oi.' the vibratory motor means with respect to the plane of the screen or feeder construction employed is subject to material modiilcation, dependent upon the nature of the vibratory movement desired, it being apparent that the apparatus may be so adjusted that no component of the gravity load of such screen or feeder is impressed upon the vibrating bar of the motor means.

We claim:

l. In a vibratory apparatus, a vibratory motor means comprising an elongated resilient vibratory member having a relatively. fixed portion and a vibratory portion supported for vibration in a direction transverse to the length thereof, a vibrating element secured to said vibratory member adjacent the vibratory portion thereof and provided with rigid driving plate means; a vibrated member; means separately supporting said vibrated member for vibration in a path having a substantial component parallel to the direction of vibration of said vibratory member; and driving rod means connected' to said driving plate means and to said vibrated member.

2. In a vibratory apparatus, a vibratory motor means comprising: an elongated resilient vibratory member supported for vibration in a plane; a vibrating element secured to said vibratory member and provided with rigid driving plate means; a vibrated member; driving rod means connected to said driving plate means and to said vibrated member, said driving plate means comf prising a plate member clamped in engagement with said vibratory member and having recessed portions spaced from said vibratory member adjacent the position of connection of said driving rod means; and means separately supporting said vibrated member for vibration in a path having a substantial component parallel to the plane of vibration of said vibratory member.

3. In a vibratory apparatus, a vibratory motor means comprising: an elongated resilient vibratory member supported for vibration in a plane; a vibrating element secured to said vibratory member and provided with rigid driving plate means comprising two parallel driving plates clamped in engagement withopposite sides of said vibratory member in the plane of vibration thereof and having recessed portions projecting beyond the opposite ends of said vibrating element and spaced from said vibratory member, said vibratory member having an opening extending therethrough in the plane of vibration thereof at positions adjacent the respective projecting portions of said driving plates; a vibrated member; means separately supporting said vi- I brated member for vibration in a path having a substantial component parallel to the plane of vibration of said vibratory member; and driving rod means extending through the respective openings in said vibratory member and secured to both gg said driving plates and to said vibrated mem- 4. The invention set forth in claim 3, and comprising in addition, spacing means positioned within the respective openings in said vibratory member and engaging said driving plates at said recessed portions.

5. In a vibratory apparatus, a frame structure; a vibrated member; means on said frame structure supporting said vibrated member for vibratory movement in a path having vertical and horizontal components; a vibrating element secured to said frame structure and having a portion mounted for vibratory movement in a path having a substantial component parallel to the path of movement of said vibrated member; armature means mounted on said vibrating element at said vibratory portion; separate electromagnet means mounted on said frame structure at each side of and acting separately upon said armature means in opposite directions in the path of vibratory movement of said vibrating element: and driving means operatively connecting said vibrating element to said vibrated member, said vibrated member tending to move in one direction along said :Erst-named path due to the action of gravity and said supporting means including a rubber member mounted on said frame structure and engaging said vibrated member to resiliently resist said movement in said one direction.

6. The apparatus set forth in claim 5, said rubber member being so positioned with respect to said vibrated member as to position the theretoconnected vibrating element and the armature means carried thereby at a neutral position intermediate said electromagnets when said vibrated member is in a rest position.

HUGH E. WURZBACH. CLYDE H.'KONOLD. 

